Center High School - Yellow Jacket Yearbook (Kansas City, MO)

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Too soon for many, school started. Early waking hours after long nights caused some students to sleep in class until they adjusted to the schedule. Days quickly formed a pattern of school, homework, and yearning for the weekend. Before anyone realized it, life fell into a predictable routine. School became a place to be with people as well as a place to learn. Unfamiliar faces grew into close friends. Romance blossomed in the halls, despite teachers’ efforts to discourage it. As the weeks passed, preparations for various activities began. Workouts grew more intense as that first game or match approached. Cast and crew practiced for weeks to prepare for fall and winter productions. No ski trip was held because of last year’s Russell, Kansas, fiasco. Clubs worked on fund raisers and other projects. Each person’s individual contribution helped give this year a personality of its own. The happenings that will be remembered are the behind-the-scenes activities, those that at first glance did not MEET THE EYE. »---

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So much happens at school that goes unnoticed. Although the obvious changes-friends coming and going, new teachers, new classes-always remain visible, more happens behind the scenes than most students know. Organizations such as Student Council and Political Science Club met during the summer to plan for the upcoming year. Debaters madly collected evidence while most other students spent their time removing the remnants of the past year from their systems. Some students stopped by one of Spirit Club’s many car washes. Working at various jobs or on personal hobbies occupied other students' time. This summer, the majority of people participated in more activities than MEETS THE EYE. 5

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1. Center’s football games attracted a larger number of students this year than last year. 2. Teammates congratulate each other after the first victory over Hickman Mills in several years. 3. Duane Ball. 11. and Stacy Talpers. 11. each have their own way of entertaining themselves during the last few minutes of Mrs. Foreman s third hour class. 4. At the beginning of the year, warm weather gave some students the chance to use natural objects as a model for their art sketches, as Jeff Cox. 11. does here. 5. Victoria Caruso. Center’s mascot, observes a game. 6. On September 28. 29 and 30. several hundred Kansas Citians displayed and sold their creations at the annual Plaza Art Fair. Held outside, the Fair took up two square blocks on the Plaza. 7. Hanging posters for Student Council requires a little extra effort from Nancy Burns. 12.